Using environmental and growth characteristics of plants to detect long-term changes in response to atmospheric pollution: Some examples from British beechwoods

Ling, K.
(2003)
Using environmental and growth characteristics of plants to detect long-term changes in response to atmospheric pollution: Some examples from British beechwoods.
The Science of The Total Environment, 310 (1-3).
pp. 203-210.
ISSN 0048-9697

This work contributes to the relatively small body of evidence within the UK demonstrating measurable effects of anthropogenic activity (air pollution, management) on semi-natural ecosystems. It also questions the validity of using Ellenberg Plant indicator values, which are widely utilised to interpret plant community change, at a local scale.